Show TO PROSECUTE THE THIEVES orders issued against open taps contract for street lighting lichtin 9 IS is ratified plans for band stand ball park purchased ahe alt council met in regular ses sion I 1 st thursday night md and transact fransa t cil cd considerable business of worth knorth to the cit th alc NN is a full atter dince and mayor preci precides pr elded ded the fir firt first t matter to reccie attention nas the petition tion of 0 A andelin who nho aked a ked to hane hae a waite a ditch in blont of his re reticence idenie or repair repaired cd so thit that th it he could get in and out of his premises es niah safiti tile the matter was referred to the committee on streets the committee on city property reported a set of pi ins for the band stand to be erected on the public square the plans we were re drawn by lester wright and pre present ent a handsome appearance there are two decks and the upper one will A ill be the location of the band tle tie lower one can call be fitted for refreshments or for some other purpose the secord deck mil all be supported on oil concrete pillars and the ornamentation surmounting the pillars and the cornice will vill be ednd handsome ome the committee was instructed to get bids ard proceed with the erection of the stand the committee on judiciary judi enry reported on the petition of C A nicols who ho asked that he be permitted to operate the line theatre on sunday night of eich each week neek for a period of three months the committee becom mended that it be not granted adopted A retail liquor license was nas granted to james edwards edards to operate the corner saloon the license hiving having been refused tile the former proprietor the committee on oil public grounds had ben been negotiating for the aur chase of the ball park from the richfield school district ditri ct A bid of oc had been submitted but the trustees a asked aked ked for the ground the committee thought this was nas rather high as the fence around the ground was nas to cost which would make the total cost 1200 the council in strutted ted the committee to r secure the ground as it was desire desi reable able for a city park the committee on street lighting reported the negotiations with nith the el Letric light the olat shoving showing the location of the lights wis submitted there will be 72 tungsten campb of 40 candle power each in the s system stem main street NN will ill receive the lions share as there will bs b four lights at each intersection as far as third south and t two 0 o lights in the middle mid lie of each block south of that street t there will mill be two lights on each intersection center street will hive have wo two lights on each intersection from the depot to the tithing office corner and one light in the middle of each block the balance of the lights will nill be placed on leading to all places of public worship and amusement the contract will be for SOO per acar ear and will be closed for the term of the present council during the discussion of the subject one of the councilmen remarked that in his opinion the opera houe hou e and other places of should hane hae a light on tle tie outside of the entrance the proposition to advance the in money n y for one liars lighting x was as considered but the council was un aniro ous in the matter that the improvements prove ments contracted for in the way of hydrants ball park purchase and and I 1 p pop popped oed cd band stand placed the treasury in such shape that the money could not be advanced the change in the lighting s system stam will be effected within 10 0 days if the material lan can I 1 be obtained in salt lake city but if the material has to be ordered from the east it will nill require 60 days to install paul buetler appeared before the council and asked that he be allowed to use the cit s portion of the wa waters t of Cotton cottonwood nood creek for which he be A as willing illing to pa ile he represented that his crop was in fao favorable rable condl condi tion lion if he could get water to it now j but if not he hc would lose the entire product of his farm the matter was aas referred to the committee on irrigation with r to act no bids had been received for the hay crop on the city park and as the hay is ready for cutting the disposal of 0 it was lett left in the hands of the committee on public grounds with mth in to ret get the best beat possible terms for the city rhe water nater system in the north west nest part of the city his has been giving trouble owing to the fact that not enough pressure could be maintained to force the water to the residences on thu highter grounds mayor christensen and councilman coons had made a tour of inspection and found thit that the people in tint that part of town were ere without nater the greater part of the 21 hours of ech each lay day the matter was referred to the committee on oil vater works with in instructions to take steps steph were nere necess my to the w v iter in the tank t ti the desired height so thit that the water users oa 01 the high lands could gt g t water mater at all times time the diu discussion qian on this matter brought out the fact that there is abuse of the water system hythe hi the users taking water out of their turn and the water nater superintendent charged thit that i number of water takers allo allowed NNed their taps to remain open at all times during the twenty four hours and still others used the water for irrigating their gardens when nhen they thought it could be done with safely safat this promiscuous ue uce of the water from the mains was nas partly the cause of the short bor tige ige of water in the north west part of tre tie town as the opening of so 0 o many taps at one time in the loner v z 4 t of town caused a big suction from the upper part and thus deprived the other customers of their share of thew tr the marshal and city attorney were instructed to open a campaign against the water stealers steamers ste alers and stop it at any an cost the maor called attention to the had bid conditions of some of the laterals literals late rals in the s system starn and urged that the ue be cleaned the mater master claimed that it was nas almost impossible to engage help but he was nas instructed to get the iri assistance a and the city would pay the men md aad the cost would be taxed against the property where i here the ditches abutted property the regular monthly bills were presented and allo allowed Ned and council adjourned |